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Jul 17, 2015
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US$7.5-billion plan to build 100 “smart cities” across India by 2022, an idea generated by the dramatic reshaping of China’s urban environment, is audacious to say the least.

But in a country where more than a third of urban dwellers lack access to piped water, where building collapses are a daily occurrence, where corrupti…

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